Steam-separator.



Patented July 16, mm. J. C. VOGT.

STEAM SEPARATOR.

(Application filed Jan.15, 1901) (Ho Modal.)

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JOHANNES CHRISTIAN VOGT, OF- PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

STEAM-SEPARATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,702, dated Jul 1c, 1901'. Application filed January 15,1901. Serial No. 43,393. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHANNES CHRISTIAN VOGT, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Steam- Separators, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of separators adapted for arrangement in a line of steam-conducting pipe; and it consists of a cylindrical casing with heads or end casings adapted for connection with the sections of the conducting-pipe and one provided with a neck for connection with a drip-pipe or condenser and a central perforated condenserpipe supported at one end between the bodycasing, as fully set forth hereinafter, the whole being constructed so as to be economically manufactured of any desired dimensions without the necessity of special castings for different sizes and so as to effectively separate the liquid from the gaseous particles In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of my improved separator; Fig 2, a section on the line 2 2, Fig. 1.

The separator A is intended to be arranged horizontally in the line of pipe between the generator and the engine, preferably near the latter.

The casing of the separator consists, preferably, of a body-section B and end pieces or casings F and H. Each end piece has a flanged neck 1, the opening in which correspends in diameter to that of the conductingpipe, in which the separator is connected, the sections 2 2 of the conducting-pipe being also flanged, so as to be bolted to the flanges of the necks l 1. Each casing F H is also enlarged from the neck to the diameter of the body portion 13, which, as shown, is threaded at one end, so as to screw into the threaded enlargement of the casing H, and is flanged at the otherend, was to be bolted to the flange of the enlarged portion of the casing F; but the body portion 13 may be threaded at both ends or flanged at bothends, if desired, and may thus be made from a plain cylindrical or flanged pipe. The casing F has a second neck 23 extending downward and provided with a flange by means of which it may be bolted to a drip-pipe 3 or a trap of any suitable character. 4

Into the neck of the casing F screws the threaded end of the separator-pipe O, the same being a pipe occupying a mid-position in the casing B and supported only atone end and having a series of perforations a: at the top, a cap 4 closing the end nearest the casing l-I.

When the apparatus is arranged in the line of steam-pipe, as illustrated in Fig. 1, the steam entering first the casing H in a current flowing longitudinally with the casing from one end toward the other carries with it in this direction any particles of moisture therein and also such moisture as'may have collected in the conducting-pipe flowing on the bottom of the latter, and in consequence of the enlargement of the channel at the point where the separator is placed the condensed particles and liquids naturally flow to the bottom of the separator-casing and toward the neck 23, and thence to the drip-pipe or other receptacle, while the steam is deflected first upward and then downward in entering the opening 00, so that there is a further tendency to disengage the condensed particles, and thereby the dry steam only passes into the separator-pipe O and onward to the engine, and as the separator is preferably arranged adjacent to the latter there will in such case be little opportunity for further condensation. It will also be seen that as the separator-pipe C is supported only at one end it is free from contact with the outer casing of the separator except at this end, so that it will maintain its heated condition without the cooling effect that results when condenser pipes or casings are longitudinally in contact with the outer casings of the separator.

It will be seen that although the direction of the flow of the steam is abruptly changed to thereby facilitate the separation of watery particles this need not result in any wire drawing or throttling of the steam, as the pipe 0 may be extended for such a length that the steam-passages therein may more than exceed the area of the casing Bin crosssection, and as the pipe 0 and casing B consist of simple tubes such as may be found upon the market they may be made of any desired length to increase the capacity of the separator to any desired degree Without the necessity of providing special patterns of casting for different sizes of apparatus.

Without limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangement of parts shown, I claim as my invention- 1. A steam-separator adapted for application in a line of steam-conducting pipes,consisting of a horizontal cylindrical body-casing B, open at opposite ends and end sections F and H flanged for connection with the easings of the horizontal pipe and enlarged for connection with the body-casing B, the casing F provided with a drip-neck 23, and a separating-pipe 0 connected at one end with the casing F, closed at the other end and pro vided with perforations x, at the upper side, all substantially as set forth.

2. A separator consisting of a tubular bod ysection B open at the ends, end sections or casings F, H, each enlarged at one end for connection with the section B and contracted and flanged at the opposite end for connect ing with a line of steam-pipe, a neck 23 on the section F, and a separator-pipe O perforated at the upper side and extending into the said neck of the section F, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHANNES CHRISTIAN VOGT.

\Vitnesses:

STEWART I-I. MCDOWELL, HOWARD F. STIEF. 

